Problem with Google Analytics Page URL Sending

Hi.
Yes, this is known issue and I will release a fix soon.
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/google-analytics-not-sending-page-views?replies=5

Hi chaff91,
Are you using Google Analytics by Yoast for tracking?

I have an update ready for SEO and Previous post that adds support for Yoast. Yoast replaces the standard ga() function with a custom __gaTracker() function.

I just want to make sure this will fix things for you.

Hey,

We were originally using the Google Analytics by Yoast plugin for the tracking, but after seeing the https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/google-analytics-not-sending-page-views post, we turned it off & just put it straight into the head.

Whilst the code is in the head section, this is where we’re seeing this issue occur.

From what you’re saying, I don’t think they’d be linked, but I’d be happy to test re-enabling Google Analytics by Yoast, and seeing if the tracking URL is being picked up properly.

Was the tracking working when you turned on GA by Yoast?

No, not when we were first going. That’s why we disabled it & moved it to the head section.

Ahh ok,
Well now both GA by Yoast and standard tracking functions are triggered from SEO and Previous post add-ons.

Yoast: ___gaTracker()
Standard : ga()

Hey.

We just updated the plugin & tested running with GA by Yoast, but it appears to cause the same issue as before.

Can you check with the google analytics function is in your head or footer?

Hey,

It’s in the head section. Should I move it to the footer?

No, head is where it should be.

I mean what is the function…

<script type="text/javascript">
	(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
		(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
		m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
	})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','__gaTracker');

	__gaTracker('create', 'UA-46983621-3', 'auto');
	__gaTracker('set', 'forceSSL', true);
	__gaTracker('send','pageview');

</script>

Hey, it’s pretty standard integration, code below (removed UA code)

<script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’);

ga(‘create’, ‘UA-########-1’, ‘auto’);
ga(‘require’, ‘displayfeatures’);
ga(‘require’, ‘linkid’, ‘linkid.js’);
ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’);</script>

And you are saying this is not working?
I’ve tested the standard and GA by Yoast and both are working on my live site.

Can you confirm you have ‘Send pageviews to Google Analytics.’ checked on the ALM settings page?

Hey, just to confirm the ‘Send pageviews to Google Analytics.’ is checked, but I think I might not have been clear in what’s happening.

So the pageviews are being sent to Google Analytics when Ajax loads the next one. But instead of sending the pageview URL as /blog-article-2 like you would normally see in Google Analytics, it’s sending the pageview URL as /https://www.domain.com/blog-article-2

Oh weird.
I’ll check out my install and see if this is contained to your environment.